catastrophically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The question for markets to consider is whether it will do so completely and catastrophically before private credit’s loans to those software companies mature.
From Barron's
Her catastrophically timed and shockingly slow run in the event she usually owns dropped her two-woman U.S. team from first down to fourth place and straight off the podium.
They added that the families wanted to know what checks were made and how the nursery's safeguarding systems had "failed so catastrophically".
From BBC
She said she has been openly critical of the Fire Department’s failure to pre-deploy firefighters amid forecasts of catastrophically high winds — and would have no interest in hiding such information.
From Los Angeles Times
Mount St. Helens erupted catastrophically more than forty years ago, but hazards to humans will never disappear.
From Literature
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